this act authorized the President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual Indians.
What is the Dawes act
100
By 1920, the U.S. was the leading ___ power in the world
What is industrial
100
for work and to escape political turmoil
What is the main reason people fled to the US
100
the policy in which stronger nations extend control over weaker nations
What is Imperialism
100
1) Protect Social Welfare
2) Promote Moral Improvement
3) Create Economic Reform
4) Foster Efficiency
What is goals of progressivism
200
On December 29, 1890, the Seventh Cavalry (Custer’s old regiment) rounded up 350 Sioux and took them to Wounded Knee, S.D.
A shot was fired – within minutes the Seventh Cavalry slaughtered 300 unarmed Natives
What is battle of wounded knee
200
is a belief in individual initiative—entrepreneurship—and minimal government regulation.
What is Laissez-faire
200
Ellis Island was the arrival point for what immigrants
What is European
200
Early in 1888, President McKinley ordered the U.S.S. Maine to this country in order to bring home American citizens in danger
On February 15, 1898 the ship blew up in the harbor of Havana
More than 260 men were killed
What is Cuba
200
Journalists known as “______” exposed corruption in business
What is “Muckrakers”
300
1870: _____ made up less than 5% of workforce 1910: They made up 40%
What is women
300
___ arriving on the West Coast gained admission at Angel Island in the San Francisco Bay
What is Asians, primarily Chinese,
300
U.S. receives Guam, Puerto Rico, and “bought” the Philippines for $20 million
What is treaty of paris
300
70% of women employed in 1870 were
What is servants
400
1862 – Congress passed this act which allowed 160 free acres to any “head of household”
What is Homestead act
400
unveiled their invention of the telephone in 1876
What is Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson
400
(favoritism toward native-born Americans) led to anti-immigrant organizations and governmental restrictions against immigration
What is Nativism
400
this canal would greatly reduce travel times for commercial and military ships by providing a short cut
What is Panama canal
400
In 1896, black women formed the
What is National Association of Colored Women (NACW)
500
after the war, the demand for this meet emerged
What is beef
500
The U.S. would be divided into 4 zones:
What is the eastern, Central, Mountain, and Pacific
500
Most immigrants settled here because of the available jobs & affordable housing
What is cities
500
In 1889, John Hay, U.S. Secretary of State, issued this policy which outlined his plan for free trade among nations in China
What is Open Door Policy
500
legal bodies created to hold stock in many companies – controlled 80% of U.S. industries